Engine-hood for automobiles.



C. E. JEFFERS.

ENGINE HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.191s.

Patented May 9, 1916.

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CLARENCE E. JEFFERS, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD C. MARMON.

ENGINE-HOOD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed June 5, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, CLARENCE E. J nrrnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Engine-Hood for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

The ordinary hinges at the top joints on hoods of motor ears are on the outside, making very prominent lines, and also permitting leakage of water through the joint and on to the apparatus under the hood, as in rain storms.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a hinge structure which shall be on the inside of the hood, so as to be invisible, and which shall largely or wholly prevent leakage of water on to the motor and other parts within the hood.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hood embodying my improved hinge; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end elevation of such hood, taken from the rear, showing in full lines the hood closed and in dotted lines the hood raised; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan View, showing part of one of the top joints of the hood, provided with my improved hinge; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary end elevation of the top of a hood provided with my improved hinge, with one of the hinges in section.

The hood comprises the usual central portion 10, connected by my improved hinge to side portions 11 on each side, which side portions 11 are usually connected by ordinary inside hinges 12 to bottom portions 13, so that the parts 11 and 13 may be raised, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to give access to the parts under the hood.

The hinge between the parts 10 and 11 is located on the under side of the hood,

and comprises a pivot pin'15 which is offset slightly from the joint 16 toward the part 10, a plate 17 fastened by rivets 18 to the part 10 and provided with fingers 19 which bind around the pivot pin 15 at spaced points therealong, and a plate 20 which is fastened by rivets 21 to the hood part 11 and is bent first downward and then upward to form a trough 22, which is located under the joint 16 when the hood is closed and extends around the edge of the hood Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Serial No. 32,451.

part 10 when the hood is raised, the free edge of the trough 22 being provided with a plurality of fingers 23 which alternate with the fingers 19 and also bend around the pivot pin 15. The hinge thus provided is not visible from the outside, and does not provide any unsightly line along the visible surface of the hood. When the hood is closed, the trough 22 is under the joint 16 and serves to catch any water which may drip through such joint and to convey such water to the end of the hood so that it will not drip on the motor and other parts. Because of the reverse curve provided by the trough 22, the hood parts 11 and 13 may be raised in the usual manner, to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention: I

1. An automobile hood, mmprising two parts one of which swings outwardly relatively to the other, and a hinge connecting said two parts and located on the inner side of the joint between them, said hinge comprising a pivot pin, a plate fastened to one of said parts and bent around said pivot pin, and a plate fastened to the other of saiti parts and bent around said pivot pin and provided with an intermediate portion between said pivot pin and its point of attachment to said hood part, which intermediate portion is in the form of a trough located below the joint when the hood is closed and extending around the edge of the first hood part when the hood is raised.

2. An automobile hood, comprising two parts one of which swings outwardly rela tively to the other, and a hinge connecting said two parts and located on the inner side of the joint between them.

I 3. An automobile hood, comprising more than two parts, and hinges connecting such parts and all located on the inner side of the hood, some of the joints provided by such hinges folding inwardly and some outwardly. v

4. An automobile hood, comprising more than two parts, and hinges connecting such parts and all located on the inner side of the hood.

5. An automobile hood, comprising two parts, one of which swings outward relatively to the other, a pivot pin for providing a hinge connection between said two" parts, one of said parts having a portion which is bent around said pivot pin, and the other of said parts having a portion which is bent around the pivot pin and an intermediate portion between such bent portion and the body of said part, said intermediate portion being in the form of a trough located below the joint when the hood is closed and extending around the edge of the other hood part when the hood is raised.

6. An automobile hood, comprising two parts, one of which swings outward relatively to the other, a pivot pin for providing a hinge connection between said two parts, one of said parts having a portion which is bentaround said pivot pin, and the other of said parts having a portion which is bent around the pivot pin and an intermediate portion between such bent portion and the body of said part, said intermediate portion being in the form of a trough located below the joint when the hood is closed and extending around the edge of the other hood part when the hood is raised, each of said hood parts having a portion which projects over said intermediate trough portion when the hood is closed.

7. An automobile hood, comprising two parts, one of which swings outward relatively to the other, a pivot pin for providing a hinge connection between said two parts, one of said parts having a portion which is bent around said pivot pin, and the other of said parts having a portion which is bent around the pivot pin and an'intermediate portion between such bent portion and the;

body of said part, said intermediate port' i being in the form of a trough located be 5W the oint when the hood is closed and, tending around the edge of the other 'ho'od part when the hood is raised, said first hood part having aportion which projects from it over said pivot pin and also over said in termediate trough portion when the hood is closed so that said pivot pin is completely under said first hood part.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this sec 0nd day of June, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

CLARENCE E. JEFFERS.

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